I no longer can find my External Drive (F) on "My Computer".on my desktop. I've unplugged and replugged cords to computer. My MAXTOR has worked well until a few days ago. Any of my shortcuts to the destop will don't work either. Suggestions?
Computers & Internet - Maxtor - Personal Storage 3200 (U01E200) 200 GB Hard Drive
Answers & Comments
Try a different USB port in your computer.
Try to connect the drive to a different computer.
If it does not connect, then either:
* the USB-to-disk-drive adapter inside the case has died,
* the disk-drive inside the adapter has died.
If the former, you can open the case, remove the disk-drive,
and temporarily connect it to another computer, and copy all the files
onto the other computer, or burn some CD/DVD disks.
If the latter, then only a professional (and expensive) "Data Recovery Service" can repair the disk-drive, and extract your files.